Lebanon trying to prevent Hezbollah response that leads to war: Minister

Lebanon's government is trying to prevent a Hezbollah response against Israel that could start a wider war, Lebanon's foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib said on Tuesday during a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart.

Tensions in the region have spiralled in the last week following the killing in Tehran of Hamas' head and an Israeli strike on Beirut's suburbs that killed a top Hezbollah commander.

Reporting by Reuters